MinuteEarth
Why Farming is Broken
To feed everyone in the future, we may need to disrupt 10,000 years of farming practices and turn agriculture into a closed system. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords:...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Feedback loops: How nature gets its rhythms - Anje-Margriet Neutel
While feedback loops are a bummer at band practice, they are essential in nature. What does nature's feedback look like, and how does it build the resilience of our world? Anje-Margriet Neutel describes some common positive and negative...
Food Farmer Earth
Sustainable Farming Insights: Lessons from a Good Food Farmer
Learn about the innovative approaches of a good food farmer, from crop rotation to community-supported agriculture. Discover how sustainable practices can yield high-quality produce and contribute to food security.
FuseSchool
BIOLOGY - Environment - What is organic farming
As populations have grown, farming practices have become more intensified to maximise crop yields and ensure we can feed the ever growing population. Fertilisers and pesticides are used on crops, and animals may be kept inside in more...
Food Farmer Earth
The 12 Aprils System: Revolutionizing Dairy Farming with Crop Rotation
Tom Trantham's Dairy Farm utilizes the 12 Aprils Nutritional Crop Rotation System to support sustainable dairy farming by rotating different forages in 29 paddocks, allowing cows to graze on a variety of crops year-round. This innovative...
TMW Media
Sustainable Farming: Common ways farmers protect their crops
How do farmers protect crops? How can farmers reduce the need for fertilizer and pesticides? What kinds of threats do citrus farmers face? Sustainable Farming, Part 1
Food Farmer Earth
Sustainable Chestnut Farming: A Low-Tech Organic Approach
This document profiles an organic chestnut farmer who emphasizes the sustainability and low environmental impact of cultivating chestnuts as a perennial crop. Through innovative, low-tech methods and a focus on diverse cultivars, the...
Food Farmer Earth
Innovative Farming - Integrating Cover Crops for Sustainable Agriculture
The video features a farmer discussing the benefits of planting forage soybeans with corn as a strategy to enhance soil health and reduce the need for synthetic fertilizers. This sustainable practice, which yields considerable corn...
Curated Video
I WONDER - Why Do Farmers Grow Different Crops?
This video is answering the question of why do farmers grow different crops.
Food Farmer Earth
Sustainable Farming - A Life of Stewardship and Soil Care
A no-till farmer shares his lifelong commitment to agriculture, emphasizing the stewardship of the land through sustainable practices like no-till farming and cover cropping. Highlighting the importance of soil health and the mutual...
Curated Video
Reviving Hopi Traditions and Restoring Health With Dry Farming
Learn about the importance of traditional Hopi dry farming techniques in a semi-arid climate from Michael Kotutwa Johnson. He shares his experience of reviving and expanding his family's corn and bean fields using these ancient methods,...
EarthEcho International
Into the Dead Zone: Exploring the Impact of Farming Practices on Dead Zones
The video explores how farming practices in rural areas affect waterways and ultimately, the health of the Chesapeake Bay. It highlights the efforts of a farmer in Pennsylvania who adopts sustainable practices to manage nutrient loads in...
Curated Video
Precision Farming: Using Echolocation to Grow More with Less
Video 6 of the Echolocation Unit. In this final segment, students will discover how farmers are using precision farming to adapt to the challenges of climate change. Using an analogy of doing homework with different tools for different...
Journey to the Microcosmos
The Microbe You Eat All The Time
Yeast: the most coveted microbe during this pandemic. This week we’re taking a close look at the little guys that make up our bread and beer and the vital role they’ve had for thousands of years.
msvgo
Bonding in Coordination Compounds
It explains bonding, properties & limitations of Valence bond theory & crystal field theory of coordination compounds.
Food Farmer Earth
Strategies for Successful Biodiesel Crop Cultivation
The video offers practical advice for farmers interested in growing biodiesel crops like sunflower and canola, emphasizing starting small on the best land for optimal yields. Key tips include experimenting on a small scale, asking lots...
Food Farmer Earth
Revolutionizing Harvest: The Comfort-Focused Crop Picker
The Easy Pick machine revolutionizes farm labor by providing a comfortable platform for workers, allowing them to pick crops like strawberries and beans without crawling on their hands and knees. This innovative device offers protection...
Professor Dave Explains
Italian Vocabulary: Sports, Activities, and Leisure Time
What do Italians do for fun?
Curated Video
Organic farming
Explore how organic farming maintains the health of the environment. People and places - Environmental awareness and care - Caring for the environment Learning Points Organic farming avoids the use of chemicals. Plants that naturally...
Food Farmer Earth
Winter Farming: Challenges and Rewards
This video explores the challenges and rewards of winter farming, highlighting a farmer's experience transitioning from flower to produce farming. It emphasizes the unique taste and quality of winter-grown produce like carrots, despite...
Curated Video
Crop X: Using NASA Technology to Optimize Potato Farming and Marketing Decisions
Crop X is a small company that uses NASA image processing technology to help farmers in the Columbia Basin region of Oregon make informed marketing decisions. By analyzing satellite images, Crop X can count the number of potato fields...
US Department of Agriculture
Using Moths To Control Crop Damage
USDA is looking at new ways to use moths to a control a crop damaging pest.
Curated Video
Fuel Crops: Exploring Farming Alternatives
This video discusses the use of plant material for biofuel production as a way to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. It highlights the importance of finding alternative plant sources that do not compete with food crops...
SciShow
The Only Non-Human Mammal that Farms
This week, we discovered that some gophers are not the pests they’re made out to be, perhaps even sharing some of the farming behaviors of humans. And a martian rock a million years in the making finally has its origin story.